Your Say: Do you keep beauty products at work? What do you have on hand?

Ahhh… May 1st – a public holiday that is celebrated internationally by all “labourers” – you and me included 😀 Yay for “universal” public holidays! a public holiday here and in many parts of Asia. Just learnt its not as universal as i originally thought. Boo! It should be! 😛

Which brings us to an interesting question some friends have asked me – What beauty products do you keep at work? What do you ensure you always have on hand, even at the office?

Wanna know mine?

Nothing.

I’m serious! I don’t keep any beauty products at work. No makeup, no hand creams, no lip balm. That’s my work desk in the office and at home up there. They are messy as anything, but its mostly scraps of paper, stationery and at work, some chocolate (not even sure why since I don’t eat much chocolate either!) But not a beauty product to be seen.

Oh wait, there’s one – a bottle of drinking water, if that’s considered a beauty product 😀 I have a bottle on my desk so I remember to drink enough water during the day. Not counted, then the count stands at 0 😛

I guess its because I don’t use hand creams, nor do I use lipbalms, the 2 items you may expect to find at most womens’ desks. I really should, seeing that constant exposure to air-conditioning can be very drying to the skin. Maybe I’ll bring a tube of hand cream to work the next time.

Am I alone in this or am I the odd one out? 😉

Your say: Do you keep beauty products at work? What beauty products do you have on your work desk then?

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Paris B is a 40-something beauty and skincare enthusiast with a practical and very critical view of beauty products and the world of beauty. Her mission on My Women Stuff is to deliver clear, honest reviews and facilitate discussions about beauty trends and life, tempered with a healthy dose of humour. Let the buyer's remorse be ours not yours! When not testing the newest skincare creams and lotions, or playing with makeup, find her testing her culinary skills in the kitchen at Chez PB. Read more about us here or leave a comment below or connect with us on social media at Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

1. Lip balm, lipstick
2. Shower stuff because I do lunchtime runs at times – shu uemura cleanser decanted, shampoo&conditioner, body wash, roll-on perfume
3. Multiple hand creams and hand sanitiser
4. Full makeup kit – I do a lot of after work drinks/dinners and don’t want to turn up looking grotty (this is where the cleanser comes in handy!) 🙂

I have some body lotion at office which I don’t use. I have no idea why I have it there. I have a lip balm which I hardly use.

Some people told me that hand creams creates a layer of something around the skin and eventually will make us rely on the hand cream more. I don’t like the feeling of something on my hands as type, flip papers and sometimes eat at my desk. So, I have not experienced this. However, I find some lip balms which I randomly used in the past somehow causes my lips to peel whenever I use.

You know, I wonder if we are just conditioned to think we need to have hand cream and lip balm at work, when most of us will never use it because we’re too busy 😛 I don’t know how true it is about hand cream dependancy, but I do think there is some degree of lipbalm dependancy. I don’t use lip balms but I use a moisturizing lipstick and I think its just as helpful (Plus my lips don’t peel, like they do with some lipbalm too)

Since I work from home, I’m probably not the best person to answer this. However, if I do work in an office I think I’ll keep cream there. I’m always in need of some hand cream! Maybe some lip balm too, but not really makeup.

Currently, I’m still a student so this office scenario doesn’t really apply to me. Haha. But if I were working full-time, I too won’t be keeping any beauty products in the office. Why? Because I keep all my stuff in my makeup bag which I carry around everywhere, even when I don’t really need it. You are not alone in this. Haha. 😀

I have :
– lip gloss
– 2 lip stick
– eye liner
– wet wipes
– hand lotion
– compact mirror
I tend to forget my makeup pouch so the above are used only in “emergency” so I don’t look like a zombie , without any basic makeup 🙂

For someone who adores makeup and reviews them so well I’m suprised at you Paris, hehe. Or do you keep them in your bag instead? 🙂 But yea same here, my office table is in a mess. I only have a few lippies and lip balm lying around the table and some hide away stash of blotters incase I forgot to pack them in my bag.

Hi.. Interesting question.
My desk at home and at work are totally different.
At work I do keep: bottles and bottles of water, handcream and lip balm. they are very handy. I do actually carry my concealer in my bag, just in case.
At home: it is simply my desk, pieces of papers and my computer and of course other stationary.
Other than that, not really a makeup.

I have hand cream, hand sanitizer, decanted body lotion from one of the many bottles I’m trying to finish, and a hair cuticle coat (awesome stuff). I’m trying to filter out makeup to keep at work but then I realize I don’t want to leave anything behind!

I need A WHOLE LOAD of makeup products around me to feel safe. In fact, my work table’s pretty much surrounded by a fort of makeup products, stationery, cutesy stuff. I know clutter isn’t good but I just feel more safe surrounded by things I love.